Module Name:    src
Committed By:   riastradh
Date:           Fri Mar 20 15:41:44 UTC 2015

Modified Files:
        src/sys/uvm: uvm_extern.h

Log Message:
Comments explaining UBC_* flags.


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cvs rdiff -u -r1.193 -r1.194 src/sys/uvm/uvm_extern.h

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Index: src/sys/uvm/uvm_extern.h
diff -u src/sys/uvm/uvm_extern.h:1.193 src/sys/uvm/uvm_extern.h:1.194
--- src/sys/uvm/uvm_extern.h:1.193	Fri Feb  6 18:19:22 2015
+++ src/sys/uvm/uvm_extern.h	Fri Mar 20 15:41:43 2015
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: uvm_extern.h,v 1.193 2015/02/06 18:19:22 maxv Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: uvm_extern.h,v 1.194 2015/03/20 15:41:43 riastradh Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1997 Charles D. Cranor and Washington University.
@@ -175,19 +175,23 @@
 /*
  * flags for ubc_alloc()
  */
-#define UBC_READ	0x001
-#define UBC_WRITE	0x002
-#define UBC_FAULTBUSY	0x004
+#define UBC_READ	0x001	/* reading from object */
+#define UBC_WRITE	0x002	/* writing to object */
+#define UBC_FAULTBUSY	0x004	/* nobody else is using these pages, so busy
+				 * them at alloc and unbusy at release (e.g.,
+				 * for writes extending a file) */
 
 /*
  * flags for ubc_release()
  */
-#define UBC_UNMAP	0x010
+#define UBC_UNMAP	0x010	/* unmap pages now -- don't leave the
+				 * mappings cached indefinitely */
 
 /*
- * flags for ubc_uiomve()
+ * flags for ubc_uiomove()
  */
-#define	UBC_PARTIALOK	0x100
+#define	UBC_PARTIALOK	0x100	/* return early on error; otherwise, zero all
+				 * remaining bytes after error */
 
 /*
  * flags for uvn_findpages().

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